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'S Muladach Mi san Eilean Mhara

Date January 1956
Track ID 52746
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1956.024.B4

Original Tape ID

SA1956.024

Summary

This waulking song has been sung in four sections. In the first, a woman describes being alone on an island with two children. Her husband, a hunter, is dead. The second section contains the puzzling lines about the "white stirks" who sail to Ireland in the moonlight. Section three praises the brave men who can row to St Columba's anchorage. The final section praises various clan chiefs.

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - South Uist

Island - South Uist

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good